Fairy Tale

The Fairy Tale

Rigid East (2002)

The RGE/Lupus website will probably be closed by the time you read this (they have announced Sept. 1st, 2013 as the last day) but some videos may still available through the ‘Video-On-Demand’ websites such as http://ct.vod.com/studio/2302/RGE-Films/?page_sort=rating&&&studio_id=2302.

As the names suggest, ‘The Fairy Tale’ and ‘Fairy Tale: The Magic Purse’ are two videos based on a fairy tale theme.  The older of the two (Fairy Tale) was released in 2002.  It is set in a palace where a princess and her two friends are playing (the three actresses are all much too old for the roles they are playing but let’s not worry about that).  They break a vase in the course of their game but the Princess decides to blame a maid and blackmail her into keeping the secret.  The Queen is furious when she learns the vase has been broken and she orders the Maid caned.  The lecherous Chamberlain (a stock character in the RGE fairy tale videos) takes the Maid to the dungeon where she begs for mercy to no avail.  The Chamberlain orders the Executioner to undress her (off camera) and she is tied to a wooden post.  The Executioner begins her caning but after she receives about 30 strokes she reveals what the Princess has done.

 

    

The Chamberlain takes the Maid back to the Queen so she can examine the marks of the caning.  Then he tells the Queen what the Maid has revealed.  The Queen orders that the Princess receive the same punishment as the Maid so the Chamberlain takes the Princess to the Dungeon.  The Princess lifts her dress and bends over but the Chamberlain orders her to completely undress which she does.  Then he orders her to kneel on the platform in front of the post.  The Executioner ties her to the post and then gives her 30 strokes of the cane.  This caning seems hard and it is delivered at a leisurely pace. 

The Princess is taken back to the Queen who compares the marks of her caning to the Maid’s.  When the Queen is satisfied that the Princess has received the same punishment she calls for her magic ring. The video ends with the Queen revealing that she has the power to restore the broken vase so that the Princess’ attempt to place the blame on the Maid was unnecessary.

I give my thoughts about this video at the end of the next post.